Clinker-remover.



E. W. DOOLITTLE. v

CLINKER REMOVER. APPLICATION FILED MAR.1.1916.

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CLINKER-BEMOVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

Appfieation filed March 7, 1916. Serial No. 82,624.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN W. DOOLITTLE, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa,have invented a certain new and useful Clinkenfiemover, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a clinker remover of durableand very simple and inexpensive construction.

A further object is to provide a clinker remover comprising a tubehaving one end split into halves with one half inclined away from thebody of the tube forming a support and guide, with a handle slidablymounted in the tube having gripping members pivoted together at one end,and a separating member suitably mounted for moving the gripping membersapart when the handle is moved in one direction.

My invention relates to the construction, arrangement and combination ofthe various parts of the device whereby the objects contemplated areattained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims,and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a side elevation of a clinker remover embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 shows a vertical, transverse, sectional view taken onthe line 22 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 shows a horizontal, sectional, viewtaken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

In the accompanying drawings, I have i used the reference numeral 10 toindicate generally a tubular member adapted to slide on a bar or thelike 11, which bar 11 is extended longitudinally through the tubularmember 10. On one end of the bar 11 is formed a handle 12 of suitableform. On the other end of the bar 11 is formed a hook or gripping member13. The bar 11 is of such length that the tubular member may belongitudinally moved thereon a suflicient distance for operating thegripping members. At its end, adjacent to the hook member 13, thetubular member 10 is split into two halves, and the lower half isinclined away from the body of the tubular member 10 at 14, as clearlyshown in Fig. 1. At the points where the walls of the portions 14 leavethe body of the tubular member 10, is mounted a cross member 15, whichmay be secured in position in any suitable way, as for instance, bymeans of the rearwardly extending arms 16 and the inwardly extendingarms 17. Pivotally supported on the bar 11, between the member 15, whichis a spreader member, and the handle 12 is what I shall call the rearend of a jaw or gripping member 18, having at its forward end a hook 13,similar to that already described. The jaw 18 is pivoted to the bar 11in such a way as to allow proper play of the parts.

When the tubular member 10 is drawn to the rearward limit of itsmovement, toward the handle 12, the shoulder member 15 tends to forcethe aw 18 outwardly away from the bar 11, as shown in Fig. 1. Themembers 1 1 form a guide and support forthe jaw 18.

It will'be seen that the portion 14 limits the outward movement of thejaw 18 and also forms a channel which. supports it against lateralswinging movement.

When the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1, they are ready foruse. The forward end of the device may be inserted into a furnace orstove or forge, and by pushing the tubular member 10 forwardly, on thebar 11, the jaw 18 will be brought toward the. body of the bar 11 forgripping between the hooks 13 a clinker or the like which may then bewithdrawn from the furnace or stove.

It will readily be seen that my improved device may be put to a great.variety of uses other than that of removing clinkers.

One of its advantages lies in the inexpensiveness of manufacture. Itrequires only a tube, a fiat bar of metal, a piece of heavy wire or thelike and a suitable rivet or bolt.

The tube is slit longitudinally at one end and one half of the tube isthen bent away, as clearly shown. The bar may be cut in two parts andthe longer part thereof shaped to form the handle 12 and the hook member13. The other portion of the bar is then shaped at one end to form thehook 13, and at the other end is bent slightly at 19, as shown, and therivet is inserted. The shorter member may then be entered in anysuitable way. The portion 14 forms a cheap, yet a sufiicient guide, andsupport and limiting device. 7

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of theparts of my improved clinker remover, without departing from itsessential features and purposes, and it is my intention to cover by thisapplication any such changeswhich may be included within the scope of myclaims.

I claim as my invention.

1. In a device of the class described, a

'member, a bar extended through said tube having a handle at one end anda locking member at the other end, a shorter bar pivoted to said firstbar at a point between said inclined portion of the tube and the handleto permit proper play of the shorteribar, and a shorter member extendingtransversely across the tube between said bars.

2. In a device of the class described, a tubular member, having itswalls slit longitudinallv at one end and havingvar portion at said endinclined away from the body of the tube and designed to form a guide,and support and limiting member, a

bar extended longitudinally through said tube having a handle at one endand a hook member at the other, a shorter member eX- tended transverselyacross said tube at the point where the inclined portion leaves the bodyof the tube, a shorter bar pivoted to said first bar between saidshorter member and said handle to permit some play of the shorter bar,said shorter bar having at its outer end a hook member adapted to coactwith said first hook member, the parts being so arranged that when saidtube is slid in one direction, said hook members are spread apart, andwhen it is slid in another direction, the hook members are drawntogether for grasping a clinker between them.

Des Moines, Iowa, February 8, 1916.

EDNIN W. DOOLITTLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

